Table 2.

Correlations of growth measurements with geographic and climatic traits of the provenances for green ash.

1990 height1990 dbh1990 survival1993 spring flushing1993 stem quality
Latitude-.35**-.42**.27**-.16-.05
Longitude-.27**-.38**-.22**-.03.10
Elevation-.30**-.34**-.08-.10-.01
Mean annual temp..36**.41**-.23.14*-.01
Mean annual precip..35**.41**-.38**.06-.07
Mean #frost-free days.37**.45**-.21**.14*-.02
Mean Jan. temp..35**.39**-.27**.14*.04
Mean Jan. precip..30**.30**-.53**.04-.09
Mean July temp..32**.39**-.11.14-.02
Mean July precip..31**.37**-.23**.09-.04
Spring flushing-.07-.02.10.12
  • * Significant at 0.05% level.

  • ** Significant at 0.01% level.